Emphasis on cleanliness has changed UP: Adityanath

ANI  |  Hasanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India] 

asserted that the introduction of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has helped the realise the "distant dream" of cleanliness.

"Earlier, for Uttar Pradesh, cleanliness was a distant dream. But your (Modi) emphasis on cleanliness has changed the condition of the state. After March 2017, the movement towards a Swachh Bharat got a boost in our state," he said while interacting with earlier in the day during the Swachhta hi movement.

Adityanath further said that the natives of the village where he was interacting used to earlier defecate in the open because they had no toilets. However, he noted that the cleanliness drive has helped in transforming the village into an open-defecation free zone.

The further revealed that 25 lakh toilets were built in the state since 2015, adding that in accordance with the Base Line Survey, will be declared open-defecation free by October 2 this year, and every home will have a toilet by next year.

Earlier in the day, Modi launched the movement via video conference, in line with Mahatma Gandhi's dream of a Clean

appealed to the citizens to dedicate themselves towards achieving the aim of a clean country starting today.

Among those who participated in the movement included Union Ministers and Ravi Shankar Prasad, Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, industrialist Ratan Tata, and others.

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First Published: Sat, September 15 2018. 15:20 IST